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so clinton bush and obama, all of the above. first of all to you, jeffrey, your reaction to the speech today. you were there in the hall, the feeling from the young people. admittedly, more supportive of obama perhaps than the overall israeli public. >> maybe, but i mean many university students do lean right. most amazing thing about it for me was a huge ovation when president obama called for the creation of a palestinian state in different iterations and i was thinking when i was in there, if he had given that speak at an apec convention in washington, he might have been booed. i'm trying to imagine what arab audiences across the muslim world were thinking when they saw israelis cheer obama for calling, for palestinian state. it was kind of a brief moment of possibility there. >> and dennis, you spent so many years trying to make this happen, do you think in retrospect, that the administration got off on the wrong foot with prime minister netenyahu, the cairo speech, not following it up perhaps and calling for the settlement
so clinton bush and obama, all of the above. first of all to you, jeffrey, your reaction to the speech today. you were there in the hall, the feeling from the young people. admittedly, more supportive of obama perhaps than the overall israeli public. >> maybe, but i mean many university students do lean right. most amazing thing about it for me was a huge ovation when president obama called for the creation of a palestinian state in different iterations and i was thinking when i was in...
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imagine what would happen if bush turned around and nominated the grand kliegle of the ku klux klan to a cabinet position where he would be deciding on discrimination lawsuits. that is exactly what's happened here. >> that's incredibly offensive. and now we're hearing gop senators vowing to block the perez nomination. why? because perez is a champion for voting and minority rights? it was his office that fought to block vote are i.d. in texas. it was his office that fought to have voter i.d. blocked in south carolina. it was his office that sued nerve joe arpaio for discriminating against latinos. he's a fighter for civil rights and as lake secretary, he'll stand up for the rights of the working class. thanks for much whatting. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> reince priebus. what more can i say? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with that bridge being detonated down in texas. wow. that's what reince priebus, himself, is doing to the republican party. he talks about building bridges to african-americans, but
imagine what would happen if bush turned around and nominated the grand kliegle of the ku klux klan to a cabinet position where he would be deciding on discrimination lawsuits. that is exactly what's happened here. >> that's incredibly offensive. and now we're hearing gop senators vowing to block the perez nomination. why? because perez is a champion for voting and minority rights? it was his office that fought to block vote are i.d. in texas. it was his office that fought to have voter...
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support for the war seems to fall down party lines. 66% of republicans continue to stand by the bush administration's decision to invade, but 73% of democrats say the military campaign was a mistake. i'm joined by retired army colonel and medal of honor recipient jack jacobs. former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy, first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress. great to have both of you today. >> great to be with you. >> we've been talking a lot about iraq because of chuck hagel's confirmation and many republicans, we see the polls, they also still believe in this war in spite of the fact we know there were no wmds, in spite of the fact they've discounted certain ties between saddam hussein and al qaeda. i'm wondering, jack, how you think that all of this, the appointment of hagel who was obviously a republican, but who opposed the war, how it all plays into our current state of affairs. >> well, everything is tainted by sequestration, about the loss of funds, lots of ominous views about what'll happen to our defense posture because of cuts should they come in great pro-
support for the war seems to fall down party lines. 66% of republicans continue to stand by the bush administration's decision to invade, but 73% of democrats say the military campaign was a mistake. i'm joined by retired army colonel and medal of honor recipient jack jacobs. former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy, first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress. great to have both of you today. >> great to be with you. >> we've been talking a lot about iraq because of...
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why did george bush have a massive experiment in getting rich people back their money only to see the economy falling apart. you're not winning on those issues, either, john. >> joan, you're so right. you are better on this than i am normally. equal pay for equal women. your party has been slow on that. >> i agree. i'm following our party. those are the changes that we should be making. here's what the real difference between the two parties in my opinion are. >> okay. >> the republican party has always said we're going to make sure you have opportunity that leads to unlimited success but not guaranteed success. that was the american dream. we've given that up because people say it's not attainable anymore and the democrats are selling we will give you guaranteed success but it's going to be very limited. >> who says that? >> no one guarantees success. >> find -- >> it's the governmental -- >> john, i don't know any >> there's no one who wants to guarantee success. >> i've never heard that anywhere. >> no, it's all about equal opportunity. we are about guaranteeing equal opportunity.
why did george bush have a massive experiment in getting rich people back their money only to see the economy falling apart. you're not winning on those issues, either, john. >> joan, you're so right. you are better on this than i am normally. equal pay for equal women. your party has been slow on that. >> i agree. i'm following our party. those are the changes that we should be making. here's what the real difference between the two parties in my opinion are. >> okay....
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running on the democratic side is liz bet colbert bush. teddy turner, son of media mogul ted turner, hopes to come in second to force a gop runoff next month. >>> former obama campaign manager david cluff says he is done with running presidential campaigns but note to biden. >> she is in both parties right now. by far i think the most interesting candidate. probably the strongest candidate. >> at this weekend's cpac, professional provocateur ann coulter hurled insults at chris christie, who was not invited to attend. >> even cpac had to cut back on its speakers this year by about 300 pounds. >>> business mogul and reality tv star donald trump told the cpac crowd what he thought about immigration reform. >> you know that the 11 million illegals, even if given the right to vote, you know you're going to have to do what's right. but the fact is, 11 million people will be voting democratic. >> and now to karl rove versus sarah palin. the former alaska governor who resigned mid-way through her first term all but called rove by his name with thi
running on the democratic side is liz bet colbert bush. teddy turner, son of media mogul ted turner, hopes to come in second to force a gop runoff next month. >>> former obama campaign manager david cluff says he is done with running presidential campaigns but note to biden. >> she is in both parties right now. by far i think the most interesting candidate. probably the strongest candidate. >> at this weekend's cpac, professional provocateur ann coulter hurled insults at...
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bush had the most expensive 2012 tab at $1.3 million. that includes $85,000 in telephone costs. that's a lot of phone calls. >>> a bill making the rounds in the nevada statehouse would legalize gambling on federal elections. the bill's sponsor says it's just another way for the silver state to make some money. >>> if you feel like placing a bet. actor kelsey grammer tells the guardian newspaper he's not ruling out a political run in the future. the staunch republican said it would be a big nut to swallow. however, someone who is ruling out a run is south dakota senator tim johnson. nbc news has confirmed the senate banking chairman will become the fifth democrat not to seek re-election next year. >>> and nancy pelosi traded in the house floor for the dance floor last week. the democratic house leader showed off some moves during a rendition of "american pie" at a fund-raiser. even though she was given a mike, she opted to simply mouth the words. that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." >>> we have breaking news to bring you now. italy's highest criminal court has over
bush had the most expensive 2012 tab at $1.3 million. that includes $85,000 in telephone costs. that's a lot of phone calls. >>> a bill making the rounds in the nevada statehouse would legalize gambling on federal elections. the bill's sponsor says it's just another way for the silver state to make some money. >>> if you feel like placing a bet. actor kelsey grammer tells the guardian newspaper he's not ruling out a political run in the future. the staunch republican said it...
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simply the will of cheney, bush and the team. it was a matter of how to do it, find me a way to do this and 9/11 provided that excuse. what's interesting is when you look at the whole chain of events, is how many lies there were. this was not a question of them wondering about wmd. it is a question of building a case that they knew would be hollow and figuring out once they were successful and once the troops were in there and on the ground, no one would care about the rationale that just caused, so to speak, for what gets us into iraq. ultimately, it shows itself to be a lie that was cynical and one that was pre-ordained and premeditated from the start of the administration. >> you know, i attribute it to something grander than evidence. it's my experience of dealing with cheney over the years. his brain soup. certain people are hawks and some people tend to be sadistic about it. sadistic. cheney strikes me as a guy who wants to rub out his enemies politically. any enemy. >> what you -- >> david first. >> what you see in the cli
simply the will of cheney, bush and the team. it was a matter of how to do it, find me a way to do this and 9/11 provided that excuse. what's interesting is when you look at the whole chain of events, is how many lies there were. this was not a question of them wondering about wmd. it is a question of building a case that they knew would be hollow and figuring out once they were successful and once the troops were in there and on the ground, no one would care about the rationale that just...
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. >> there were a lot of survivors who had run into bushes and housing in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to go, shelton asks to go along wi but they refused. >> that was the only time they said no. it was dangerous in there. >> as soon as they discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western journalist to arrive at the scene. rebels said gadhafi had been found in a storm drain and captured. >> i think he was already dead by the stage and they were taking him away in an ambulance. the scene was still amazing. people were still celebrating. there were guys with chunks of his hair. they had bits of his clothes going this was gadhafi's. everyone was shooting in the air. i asked among the guys did anybody take any photos, any footage or anything. one of the guys i knew came to me and said yeah, i got the whole thing on my iphone. >> a rebel named ali al gadi filmed the full incident. >> he filmed it from the start. he said to me do you want it? >> the footage graphic and disturbing shows gadhafi wounding, bleeding, and being beaten
. >> there were a lot of survivors who had run into bushes and housing in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to go, shelton asks to go along wi but they refused. >> that was the only time they said no. it was dangerous in there. >> as soon as they discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western journalist to arrive at the scene. rebels said gadhafi had been found in a storm drain and captured. >> i think he...
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it looked like a metal bush on top of the gloves. then, let them dry for a minute. then, i ran them through the top layer of the varnish in the can, to keep them from breaking off. and let them dry on your hands while your hands stay balled up. once they dry, they last forever. every time you hit someone, it's like taking cheese through a cheese grater. it's not pretty. it's like making slaw. >> among this population of seasoned inmates like stone, are two young cellys. once boyhood friends on the outside, they now rely on each other for survival on the inside. >> we met like a different places we hung out when we was, what? >> 13. 14 maybe at the latest. maybe even 12. >> 12. >> robbie is serving six years for armed robbery and is no stranger to prison. >> i'll be 23 in a couple days. with parole violations, all together, i came to prison for five times. none have been for a long time. if i keep coming, eventually it's going to be. i don't have nobody out there. i wish i could get on my feet and get a job and live life productively. i don't want to keep coming here
it looked like a metal bush on top of the gloves. then, let them dry for a minute. then, i ran them through the top layer of the varnish in the can, to keep them from breaking off. and let them dry on your hands while your hands stay balled up. once they dry, they last forever. every time you hit someone, it's like taking cheese through a cheese grater. it's not pretty. it's like making slaw. >> among this population of seasoned inmates like stone, are two young cellys. once boyhood...
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his budget is different from president bush's. they are willing to onto any criticism to try to destroy someone they regard as their enemy. really hurts their credibility. >> michele bachmann has a record of saying things she has to know aren't true. and fact checking organizations frequently call her out on that why does she continue to say them? what is the motivation? help me understand. >> part of this is the fact she was unpopular in her last election, only one by 1% of the vote, a house member incumbent, stark numbers. something, too that i think people like us are talking about it. she gets a lot of momentum in terms to of the right wing and her real deep followers who believe that obama care is bad. >> bill schneider, anna palmer, thanks to both of you. >>> what moved vice president biden to curse inside the white house? key anniversary. we will bring that you moment with the bleep. >>> we will go live to ramallah, jerusalem, tel aviv and d.c. go live to all those places to assess president obama's historic trip to the mid
his budget is different from president bush's. they are willing to onto any criticism to try to destroy someone they regard as their enemy. really hurts their credibility. >> michele bachmann has a record of saying things she has to know aren't true. and fact checking organizations frequently call her out on that why does she continue to say them? what is the motivation? help me understand. >> part of this is the fact she was unpopular in her last election, only one by 1% of the...
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. >> there were a lot of survivors that had run into bushes, into houses in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to head to the site of the convoy bombing, shelton asks if she can go along. but they refuse. >> that was the only time they ever said no. they told me no, you can't come with us. it's just -- it's really too dangerous in there. >> but as soon as the rebels discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western journalist to arrive at the scene. rebels tell her that gadhafi has been found hiding in a storm drain and captured. >> by the time i got there, i think he was probably already dead by that stage but they were taking him away in an ambulance. the scene was still quite amazing because people were still celebrating. people had -- there were guys who had chunks of gadhafi's hair. they had bits of his clothing, going this is gadhafi's. i mean, the people -- everybody of course was shooting in the air. i asked among the guys, did anybody take any photos, any footage, or anything? one of the guys i knew came straight to me and sa
. >> there were a lot of survivors that had run into bushes, into houses in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to head to the site of the convoy bombing, shelton asks if she can go along. but they refuse. >> that was the only time they ever said no. they told me no, you can't come with us. it's just -- it's really too dangerous in there. >> but as soon as the rebels discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western...
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elizabeth bush has benefitted from her famous background she faces a tough fight. they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a new skin care line-up that can keep up. start fresh and finish sparkling 24/7 with new olay fresh effects. ♪ catch them if you can at olayfresheffects.com in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. inrmezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic
elizabeth bush has benefitted from her famous background she faces a tough fight. they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a...
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it started at 9:30 eastern time last night when president bush gave the order and attacks were made against leadership targets, saddam hussein in a bunker around baghdad. and since then, a lot of activity for those troops massed along the iraq kuwaiti border. they have gotten some scares with missile attacks laufrpgsed by a riraq. now it's about an hour until nightfall in baghdad. and that's when more military action could get under way. this major air and ground assault that we've been waiting for. >> well, it's ten years later and we're still dissecting what happened. you can watch hubris airing tonight at 9:00. and then you can watch talking hubris. i'm chris jansing. have a great weekend. >>> thanks to all of you. here we go with our agenda. two deadly incidents of gun violence. three marines killed overnight at the base in quantico, virginia. and a violent car chase. president obama's tour make a second stop and a meeting with a very close ally. we are expecting some live remarks. and we're going to ask joe lieberman what he thinks of the president's trip. >>> plus chicago's facing a b
it started at 9:30 eastern time last night when president bush gave the order and attacks were made against leadership targets, saddam hussein in a bunker around baghdad. and since then, a lot of activity for those troops massed along the iraq kuwaiti border. they have gotten some scares with missile attacks laufrpgsed by a riraq. now it's about an hour until nightfall in baghdad. and that's when more military action could get under way. this major air and ground assault that we've been waiting...
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to try to match even though it is a big leap, the kind of connection that george bush had on security concerns and certainly bill clinton had as a beloved figure in israel. that is what he had not done until now. he had been here as a candidate in 2008. i was covering him there then. he had not reached out to israel's people in a personal way. and i think that's what he tried to accomplish. he did it by talking about the struggles of the palestinians and the israel business the civil rights struggle, with the fact that you israelis have fought for this land. you fought to overcome your struggles just as my children in another generation would not have had equal rights. so he really tried to make it a personal appeal. and that i think had some resonance in talking to the host of the "meet the press" here in israel and very widely known anchor. and she said the follow-up is the main concern. but that it was a very different kind of speech and very appealing to the people there in the room. >> and making that personal appeal something the president does very well. thanks again and safe t
to try to match even though it is a big leap, the kind of connection that george bush had on security concerns and certainly bill clinton had as a beloved figure in israel. that is what he had not done until now. he had been here as a candidate in 2008. i was covering him there then. he had not reached out to israel's people in a personal way. and i think that's what he tried to accomplish. he did it by talking about the struggles of the palestinians and the israel business the civil rights...
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elizabeth bush has benefitted from her famous background she faces a tough fight. they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general lek shon will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. have given way to sleeping. tossing and turning where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. lunesta should not be taken together with alcohol. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions such as tongu
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hillary clinton, over 50% in florida against both marco rubio and jeb bush, both native sons of florida. kim, what do you make of it? >> i make it's about three years until we have to worry about it. >> how dare you. >> however, i'm glad to see those two being the ones you choose, only because they're the only ones that are coming out with any sort of transformative ideas for the party. if we're going to go anywhere, we need something new. education reform, you know, immigration reform. we need something fresh and new. >> quickly, i found the republican autopsy that they put out, one fascinating thing, a recommendation was essentially to copy american bridge, which is opposition research. flattering? >> imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. one of the things i would say to them is one of our successes was being able to go into these primaries where republicans were saying one thing to the tea party base and another thing to the general election. we don't have that as much on the democratic side, especially on the senate side. there aren't as many hard primaries. >> it's a really
hillary clinton, over 50% in florida against both marco rubio and jeb bush, both native sons of florida. kim, what do you make of it? >> i make it's about three years until we have to worry about it. >> how dare you. >> however, i'm glad to see those two being the ones you choose, only because they're the only ones that are coming out with any sort of transformative ideas for the party. if we're going to go anywhere, we need something new. education reform, you know,...
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they're not going to go for jeb bush, that's for sure. >> poor jeb. martin, i think you hit on something that's really true. a lot of time there's an intangible, a charisma. whatever the report said, what the republican party is missing is a person, a personality who can unify the christian conservative base, the libertarian base, the people who just want to stop spending and of course the corporate wing of the party who can bring them together with a message that would appeal outside the party, who doesn't seem scary or personal story or presentation is so compelling that it draws people in. >> that's why people are thinking he's a possibility. >> it doesn't hurt he's a minority. it's not a bad idea at all to find what barack obama did within the democratic party, unified the dlc win with the liberate wing. it's not insane. >> we still need to hear a bit more about some of his ideas. >> yes. >> before advising the republican party to embrace him. >> okay. david, but maybe the reason so many conservatives have become no enamored is because you will no
they're not going to go for jeb bush, that's for sure. >> poor jeb. martin, i think you hit on something that's really true. a lot of time there's an intangible, a charisma. whatever the report said, what the republican party is missing is a person, a personality who can unify the christian conservative base, the libertarian base, the people who just want to stop spending and of course the corporate wing of the party who can bring them together with a message that would appeal outside the...
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they began in the bush administration but the suggestion is he didn't do enough when he took overt civil rights department. >> peter, the president about to leave the white house to go to israel tomorrow for the first time as president. and he had said in the past that he only wanted to visit the country if there was something concrete to accomplish here. so is there, or is this more about optics? >> well are there's a lot concrete to accomplish. it's unlikely any of it will be accomplished during this trip. he's only on the ground in israel 48 hours. he will make stops in the west bank. he'll first visit with benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, and then go to the west bank to have meetings with the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. and he'll also stop in jordan having had a conversation with the former ambassador to israel, he suggested one of the real challenges for the president on the trip that will be defined or will be defined more by symbolism than by substance. according to him, the popularity rating of president obama among the israeli people, richard, hovers at
they began in the bush administration but the suggestion is he didn't do enough when he took overt civil rights department. >> peter, the president about to leave the white house to go to israel tomorrow for the first time as president. and he had said in the past that he only wanted to visit the country if there was something concrete to accomplish here. so is there, or is this more about optics? >> well are there's a lot concrete to accomplish. it's unlikely any of it will be...
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bush. i knew he would never be president. i could see that very clearly. and i didn't care what the professionals thought. i didn't care what the experts thought. that was the year that i lost my amateur standing and got my first paycheck in politics, even though i still knew nothing about it. i found myself drafted into senator daniel patrick moin han's election campaign by his wife and campaign manager, elizabeth moynihan. they didn't need me, they would win with more than two-thirds of the vote no matter who worked on the campaign, but i needed a paycheck. there i was at my first convention, democratic national convention, knowing full well what no one else seemed to know, that their nominee, michael dukakis would never be president. the view is better from the seats up high over the 50 yard line than it is down there where the coaches are standing on the sidelines. and when you're sitting way up high in the grand stand, you have a chance to see things the people on the field could never see. tonight's "rewrite" is a perfect case in point. someone in th
bush. i knew he would never be president. i could see that very clearly. and i didn't care what the professionals thought. i didn't care what the experts thought. that was the year that i lost my amateur standing and got my first paycheck in politics, even though i still knew nothing about it. i found myself drafted into senator daniel patrick moin han's election campaign by his wife and campaign manager, elizabeth moynihan. they didn't need me, they would win with more than two-thirds of the...
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in 2004 the bush/cheney campaign built their campaign on putting ban same sex marriage on the ballot. you had santorum make outrageous comments about it. now you have a sitting u.s. senator embrace gay marriage. you've had a host republicans come out, so to speak, for it. over the years and i think you will see that grow. but chairman priebus put it into the autopsy report for the party. if the party will have a vibrant future, they're going to have to start to embrace lgbt issues. >> we're seeing a similar situation with gun control as well. 91% of florida voters support universal background checks. even 80% in gun owning households are in favor. today vice president biden and new york city mayor michael bloomberg talked about the background checks. take a listen. >> there's not one single thing being proposed. not one. not one, not one. that infringes upon anyone's second amendment constitutional right. not one. >> no doubt that requiring back ground checks for all guns sales saves lives and no doubt that the american people support it. the only question is whether congress will hav
in 2004 the bush/cheney campaign built their campaign on putting ban same sex marriage on the ballot. you had santorum make outrageous comments about it. now you have a sitting u.s. senator embrace gay marriage. you've had a host republicans come out, so to speak, for it. over the years and i think you will see that grow. but chairman priebus put it into the autopsy report for the party. if the party will have a vibrant future, they're going to have to start to embrace lgbt issues. >>...
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they're made about what happened during the bush years when democrats blocked a landful of very conservative judicial nominees. in some respects, this might be payback. what could obama do? he can try another couple of judicial nominations. the bottom line is he needs to clear these judicial nominations with at least a handful of republicans. otherwise if they're too liberal, they will get filibustered. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, a huge week ahead for gay rights as the supremes take up two gay marriage cases. people have been camping out in the rain and sleet just to get inside. but pete williams always has the inside scoop. he will get us up to speed as "the cycle" rolls on. try e-mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use le
they're made about what happened during the bush years when democrats blocked a landful of very conservative judicial nominees. in some respects, this might be payback. what could obama do? he can try another couple of judicial nominations. the bottom line is he needs to clear these judicial nominations with at least a handful of republicans. otherwise if they're too liberal, they will get filibustered. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, a huge week ahead...
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over on the democratic side, elizabeth colbert-bush easily won the democratic primary. >>> now sanford's showing leads us to the question, what separates the political wrecks from the rebounders? >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinski that wasn't appropriate. >> i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters and the media. >> here to talk about political comebacks, democratic strategist and former edwards campaign communications director chris kafinas. good morning to you both. >> thanks for having me. >> so, kristen, sanford was having an extramarital affair with an argentinian woman. hiking in the appalachian trail became synonymous with cheating for a while. did you think you'd ever see this? what we saw last night? >> i didn't think so. but as soon as he entered the race, hooest got the sort of name i.d. that would make him a strong contender. let's not forget besides, if you set aside this very public personal failing, he was very popular as governor. he was actually talked about as a potential contender for the republican n
over on the democratic side, elizabeth colbert-bush easily won the democratic primary. >>> now sanford's showing leads us to the question, what separates the political wrecks from the rebounders? >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinski that wasn't appropriate. >> i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters and the media. >> here to talk about political comebacks, democratic strategist and former edwards...
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those were during the clinton years and once leaning over to the bush years and then they squandered that balance. so the reason we do that is our focus is on jobs, craig. our focus is on meeting our commitments to seniors. we will not balance the budget on the backs of our kids' education or on the backs of our commitments to seniors. whether it is under medicare or medicaid. what we do is immediately begin to reduce the deficit so they're growing much slower than the economy. which is the important measure. and then we gradually get the balance in the year round 2040. which by the way is the same year that the republican balance last year, the budget last year came into balance before they changed their priority. their priority now is balance at all costs. and our approach is focus on jobs in the economy and get the deficit down in a smart way. >> let's talk about the sequester for just a moment. what's the likelihood at this point that the sequester stays in place for the rest of the year? the fiscal year? >> well, it would be a big mistake for it to stay in place. that's why we p
those were during the clinton years and once leaning over to the bush years and then they squandered that balance. so the reason we do that is our focus is on jobs, craig. our focus is on meeting our commitments to seniors. we will not balance the budget on the backs of our kids' education or on the backs of our commitments to seniors. whether it is under medicare or medicaid. what we do is immediately begin to reduce the deficit so they're growing much slower than the economy. which is the...
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barack obama, to be candid, has not been popular in israel as compared to bill clinton and george bush. what this speech was about was trying to do in one hour what those politicians had done through engagement week after week, was to show the israelis that he understands intellectually, politically, he understands why they feel special about their country. to bring all that together, and as andrea said, this speech was designed to do all that. barack obama has shown in his career that these big set-piece speeches are his probably best tool as a president and as a political leader. if he can launch it, this will be the way to launch it. >> what is interesting, also, another aspect he brought was really an emotional connection. i was here with you. he's talking as a parent and reached out to israeli parents and said, were you to speak to some of these young palestinians i spoke with this morning, you would wish them well, you would wish them prosperity and peace. how much, jamie, do you think israeli and palestinian politicians can step outside of their role as politicians and look just
barack obama, to be candid, has not been popular in israel as compared to bill clinton and george bush. what this speech was about was trying to do in one hour what those politicians had done through engagement week after week, was to show the israelis that he understands intellectually, politically, he understands why they feel special about their country. to bring all that together, and as andrea said, this speech was designed to do all that. barack obama has shown in his career that these...
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chases mobley across a busy street and corners her at the edge of the freeway where she's hiding in the bushes. >> i'm not sure what she was trying to do because from this point on there's nowhere to go. >> it takes 15 minutes for sheriff's deputies to show up to reclaim their prisoner whose back is broken from the failed escape. for his efforts terry myer receives a sheriff's valor award. while morris gets a thrill from the chase. >> i had been a homicide detective for about ten years and i had not had to chase anybody for at least ten years. this was almost like being a young officer again. >> tracy mobley is sentenced to four years in prison for her audacious escape attempt and her original charges. mary ann morrissey gets three years probation for the escape attempt. >> tracy was trying to escape. i think mary just happened to be there shackled to the wrong person. >>> coming up, prisoners on the run in the streets of denmark. >> we didn't expect anything to happen like this. >> when "caught on camera: inmates and outlaws" continues. been waiting for the price of mattresses to fall? then h
chases mobley across a busy street and corners her at the edge of the freeway where she's hiding in the bushes. >> i'm not sure what she was trying to do because from this point on there's nowhere to go. >> it takes 15 minutes for sheriff's deputies to show up to reclaim their prisoner whose back is broken from the failed escape. for his efforts terry myer receives a sheriff's valor award. while morris gets a thrill from the chase. >> i had been a homicide detective for about...
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representing the party, kind of like the george bush appeal. i say real thing more from here than above the neck. but rand paul is the leader of the republican party, or at least the leader of the race for 2016. >> he is one of them. >> he won the krp pac straw poll. and he has this appeal to under 40s that none of the others can match at this point. i think he is interesting as the most, the best friend that the restaurant industry in america could possibly have. he is pro pathway. again -- >> are you about rand? >> pro pathway to citizenship. anti-being droend in cafes and pro deciding whether or not they want to have black people go into the restaurants. there. >> you can forgive my confusion when you said restaurant industry. i thought you were talking about chris christie. >> no, no, rand paul. >> i don't know about rand paul as the leader for 2016. he has gotten a lot of energy. i has a lot of thing, he won the cpac. i think he is a better politician than his dad is. i think he has a broader reach in terms of actually getting the nominati
representing the party, kind of like the george bush appeal. i say real thing more from here than above the neck. but rand paul is the leader of the republican party, or at least the leader of the race for 2016. >> he is one of them. >> he won the krp pac straw poll. and he has this appeal to under 40s that none of the others can match at this point. i think he is interesting as the most, the best friend that the restaurant industry in america could possibly have. he is pro pathway....
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laura bush a week or so ago was featured in a big ad, a group you support for marriage equali equality, she was listed as one of the four -- in the upper right side -- a major figure along with colin powell, an e dorser of marriage equality. later that afternoon around 5:00 eastern, she withdrew her name from it and said you can't use my image, which she can't -- it's a fact, so they can't say it wasn't true. i find this still a partisan issue. i find it something that's troubling for the republicans and a big plus for the democrats. i think they've really chosen sides. your thought on this issue of equality? >> i agree. i think this is a foundational issue that will divide the two parties. i think secretary clinton getting out there and doing this now makes it clear, i don't think there could be anybody running in the 16th primary who don't support marriage rights. it feels to me like that would be a really dangerous place to be. and so i think it's significant that chad says she reached out to him. this is really her first political act. now that she's allowed to be political again.
laura bush a week or so ago was featured in a big ad, a group you support for marriage equali equality, she was listed as one of the four -- in the upper right side -- a major figure along with colin powell, an e dorser of marriage equality. later that afternoon around 5:00 eastern, she withdrew her name from it and said you can't use my image, which she can't -- it's a fact, so they can't say it wasn't true. i find this still a partisan issue. i find it something that's troubling for the...
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bush got before he was president flying by helicopter by ariel sharon. that's the size of israel and how close it is to its neighbors that netanyahu wanted to hear. >> andrea, chuck todd brought up two-state solution, of course, today. any chance that obama can nudge netanyahu toward that or is the threat from iran right now too much to even go there? >> they are talking about it but i think it will be in john kerry's lap and he will be here saturday night. after going to jordan with the president we will double back to jerusalem, have dinner with netanyahu, have dinner with a couple of advisers on both sides, and they will try to move this along. it is a big stretch. my colleague, veteran journalist here, martin fletcher of nbc, says it is hard for them to come up with a new configuration. you have ynetanyahu out of a ne election. you have palestinian authority. so how you have negotiations and what the formula would be and israel surrounded byis lathe fund meantlism and war in syria, it just really is a very hard climb. but they said they are at least
bush got before he was president flying by helicopter by ariel sharon. that's the size of israel and how close it is to its neighbors that netanyahu wanted to hear. >> andrea, chuck todd brought up two-state solution, of course, today. any chance that obama can nudge netanyahu toward that or is the threat from iran right now too much to even go there? >> they are talking about it but i think it will be in john kerry's lap and he will be here saturday night. after going to jordan...
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pathway to silt zenship hurt, a fundamental change from 2005, 2006, 2007, when that went down to defeat bush in the second term. >> thank you. sure do appreciate you. >> thanks. >> we are learning more about marines killed in a training exercise in nevada. family members say one of the victims was just 19 years old. from pennsylvania. another 21-year-old from ohio. he was engaged. another 23 years old from connecticut. all of their names are expected to be released tonight. nbc's miguel almaguer with more on that. >> the military still doesn't know what went wrong here in an accident that left at least seven servicemembers dead and another eight injured. this incident happened late monday night when the military says a 60 millimeter mortar exploded inside a launching tube here at hawthorne army depot. some of the service members were killed at the depot. another pronounced dead at a local hospital. today vigils for victims were held. not just here in hawthorne but also at camp lejeune in north carolina where this unit was based. at 7:00 eastern, we expect the names of the victims and those i
pathway to silt zenship hurt, a fundamental change from 2005, 2006, 2007, when that went down to defeat bush in the second term. >> thank you. sure do appreciate you. >> thanks. >> we are learning more about marines killed in a training exercise in nevada. family members say one of the victims was just 19 years old. from pennsylvania. another 21-year-old from ohio. he was engaged. another 23 years old from connecticut. all of their names are expected to be released tonight....
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bush got just over $1.3 million including 85,000 in phone bills. president clinton came in second. he had the highest office rental cost in new york city. three republican senators, rand paul and ted cruz and mike lee are threatening to filibuster gun control legislation. they are saying they will not let legislation proceed. earlier this month, how can you forget, rand paul gave a nearly 13-hour filibuster speech opposing the president's drone policy. >>> and an arizona gun store owner said he will not sell mark kelly the ar-15 rifle that he bought earlier this month. the gun store owner explained his decision in a facebook post saying that kelly was buying the rifle for reasons other than personal use. the transaction has not been completed because the store is required to hold the gun for 20 days. kelly who was a gun owner has said his purchase was plenty to demonstrate how easy it is to buy a semi-automatic rifle. those are the things we thought you should know. chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chi
bush got just over $1.3 million including 85,000 in phone bills. president clinton came in second. he had the highest office rental cost in new york city. three republican senators, rand paul and ted cruz and mike lee are threatening to filibuster gun control legislation. they are saying they will not let legislation proceed. earlier this month, how can you forget, rand paul gave a nearly 13-hour filibuster speech opposing the president's drone policy. >>> and an arizona gun store...
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he, of course, vice president gore's attorney during bush v. gore which effectively closed the book on the 2000 presidential election by ending the florida recount and mr. boies is with me here. good to have you. >> good to be here. this time i have ted olson who is representing me. >> that's right. you are a team here which is striking. pick up on this conversation. what is it that you need the court to decide in lay language? >> sure. at the very beginning of this case, he said we needed to prove three things. first marriage is a fund aament right. we needed to do that and the defendants even agreed with that. the supreme court has ruled that 14 times in the last 100 years. second, we needed to prove that depriving gay and lesbian citizens of the right to marry seriously harmed them and seriously harmed the children that they were raising. and we proved that, too, not only through our witnesses but through the defense witnesses. >> can i interrupt on that point? i think it's significant. in effect, are you vaing you want gays and lesbians to
he, of course, vice president gore's attorney during bush v. gore which effectively closed the book on the 2000 presidential election by ending the florida recount and mr. boies is with me here. good to have you. >> good to be here. this time i have ted olson who is representing me. >> that's right. you are a team here which is striking. pick up on this conversation. what is it that you need the court to decide in lay language? >> sure. at the very beginning of this case, he...
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i mean, he was for the iraq war and until he was against it, until bush became president. as long as we've got a democrat in there, i think the good people of syria can depend on carl levin to be with them. >> it's interesting that he's appearing with senator mccain who has been a very vocal advocate of more strength being thrown toward the rebels in syria, including alluding to, perhaps, you know, putting ground troops into syria. now levin and mccain combined. >> the drum beats are clearly growing louder. >> yeah. >> you know, this report of a chemical weapons attack seems to be something that we should step back and let the investigators investigate before we start -- >> by the way, we'd already have been there a long time ago but for the past decade of war. 70,000 dead in syria. and we would have gotten together with the international community. we would have figured out a way to stop the killing. >> some people would consider that a game changer. >> yes. 70,000. >> yes. that's what i'm saying. not so long ago we were talking about 20,000 dead out there. >> i know. >>
i mean, he was for the iraq war and until he was against it, until bush became president. as long as we've got a democrat in there, i think the good people of syria can depend on carl levin to be with them. >> it's interesting that he's appearing with senator mccain who has been a very vocal advocate of more strength being thrown toward the rebels in syria, including alluding to, perhaps, you know, putting ground troops into syria. now levin and mccain combined. >> the drum beats...
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bush, dan senor. and the reverend al sharpton. >> looking sharp. >> he is double breasted today. boy, he looks good. >> almost double overload. >> wet to that in a second. down in washington, kelly o'donnell. how was the commute coming in this morning? >> it was nasty and truth be told, i have my snow boots on under the desk. >> are they uggs? >> they are. i would kick up my leg but that might be too much for the show. >> we have a lot of to talk about. the basketball team florida gulf coast university. a great story there, the coach there, andy enfield. the first 15 seed to advance to the sweet 16 and playing without fear against georgetown and last night against san diego state and they look like the favorite in both of those games the way they played. >> and enfield is clearly a coach who is a good coach but he doesn't take himself too seriously. the team is playing very light. under very little pressure. they were never expected to be there. he is not overcoaching them and an engaging guy. apparently from everything you read, he has a story for every game, every situation tha
bush, dan senor. and the reverend al sharpton. >> looking sharp. >> he is double breasted today. boy, he looks good. >> almost double overload. >> wet to that in a second. down in washington, kelly o'donnell. how was the commute coming in this morning? >> it was nasty and truth be told, i have my snow boots on under the desk. >> are they uggs? >> they are. i would kick up my leg but that might be too much for the show. >> we have a lot of to talk...
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bush and dick cheney shredding the constitution. >> they did. it's kind of hard to undo that. >> however, we would never do such a thing. here is some scotch tape. seriously, if if it is so immoral, you close gitmo. >> really some what do you do? >> you close gitmo is what you do. >> okay. that would be -- >> if the united states gets into office and he realizes that it violates our most basic constitutional principles as a people, you don't ask what the costs are. you do it. but as mike barnicle said, he got the briefing. >> in chicago. >> in chicago. and it's called the o sh briefing for a reason, mike, isn't it? >> yeah. >> you find out you're not as smart as you thought you were when you're a state senator and then a two-year u.s. senator -- no, then a two-year u.s. senator running for president, a guy that really didn't do a lot of homework when i was in the u.s. senate and wasn't quite as smart as he thought he was when it came to this, was he? >> i think it would apply to anyone but this case it applied to the president elected to the uni
bush and dick cheney shredding the constitution. >> they did. it's kind of hard to undo that. >> however, we would never do such a thing. here is some scotch tape. seriously, if if it is so immoral, you close gitmo. >> really some what do you do? >> you close gitmo is what you do. >> okay. that would be -- >> if the united states gets into office and he realizes that it violates our most basic constitutional principles as a people, you don't ask what the...
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bush and former governors and members of congress have all signed on to a legal brief arguing in favor of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. notably, ohio senator rob portman emerged as a supporter of same-sex marriage last week, making him the only sitting republican senator to publicly support the right to marry for gay men and lesbians. republicans aren't the only ones having a change of heart. the majority of americans, 58%, think it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed. supporters up 21 points since 2003. kenji, on the one hand, we've got what is clearly a growing tide in consensus around marriage equality. as soon as i find myself in a political allied relationship with rob portman, i say okay, let's just reevaluate what's happening here. talk to me. what does a win mean? if portman is on my side. i'm thinking maybe this marriage win is in fact something different than what i thought it was. maybe an imperative toward a certain kind of you must be married, you must sort of follow this set of rules. >> i'm not so sure if that's true, melissa. it's always da
bush and former governors and members of congress have all signed on to a legal brief arguing in favor of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. notably, ohio senator rob portman emerged as a supporter of same-sex marriage last week, making him the only sitting republican senator to publicly support the right to marry for gay men and lesbians. republicans aren't the only ones having a change of heart. the majority of americans, 58%, think it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to...
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. >> citizens united, bush v. gore. >> mr versus texas. >> demonstrated they are not embarrassable, i don't think. >> here is -- i want to read from judge walker's opinion, the circuit court. >> district court. >> sorry, district court opinion. preparesition 8 fails to possess even irrational basis which is an amazing sentence to right, basically saying all laws before you get to the constitution, you have to have -- has to be a rational basis for laws. even fails rational basis test. evidence presented at rile shows gays and lesbian, type of minority strict scrutiny designed to protect the trial record shows strict scrutiny is the appropriate standard or review to apply to legislative classifications based on sexual orientation. explain this in constitutional law and why that's such a meaningful sentence by the district court judge. >> some classifications, for example, if law singles out people because of their race or sex that warrant a greater degree of skepticism by courts and looking at those laws because we
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which is that it was the bush drone policy yes you're absolutely right it was and this was the bush g.p.s. but and look i think that i think it is ludicrous it's a bit i think kookery to think that the obama administration really wants to target you know your everyday americans just just to track us and make sure that we are doing what they want to control us i don't think that that's a an issue that americans really worry about and trust our big government on on issues of national security i absolutely do interest. interest so even though you for a loop are no no i'm just i'm fascinated by that that you like big government when it comes to they're watching us to they're observing us to they're sticking their nose into our lives it's the thing they do i just don't want the government to help us out who are hungry not look i think look i don't you know when we ship food stamps no i never said oh i want to see what it's like and i never said it was our national security said well you know it was you never said i got it i had anything that i needed to say i'm very uncertain i don't know repu
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bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't talk about p.t.s.d. for u.s. soldiers without acknowledging that p.t.s.d. for an entire generation of iraqis is a real reality millions and millions of people whose lives have been destroyed and so people want justice for all of these war criminals and people are fighting to win justice and an organization we are forward is working to help get this justice and also help that's opt out thank you so much mike prize the iraq war veteran and co-founder of march forward. i so guys as you know this week marks the tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq but sadly you won't know if you're just watch
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bush iraq al qaeda linked yet just quoting bush and reprinting his claims instead of real investigative reporting think c.n.n. and then there's the guardian saddam talks on alliance with al-qaeda which of course also turned out to be false so when this life the room we were told about iraq's infamous stop piles of weapons of mass destruction again from c.n.n. white house iraq bass destruction weapons once again quoting the white house way to dig deep guys and from fox d.-i a intelligence report supports w m d claims again parroting the establishment narrative but when no w m d's turned up a new story started to surface just saying that saddam had purchased enriched uranium from niger and n.b.c. reports bolster bush iraq you're raney him claim interestingly enough the new york times considered one of the most liberal of publications was also instrumental in helping sell the war here they are saying bush aides now claim now it's a claim on your rainy and was accurate. no because apparently if you can't trust bush aides are the next best source for intel while new york times embarrassingly
bush iraq al qaeda linked yet just quoting bush and reprinting his claims instead of real investigative reporting think c.n.n. and then there's the guardian saddam talks on alliance with al-qaeda which of course also turned out to be false so when this life the room we were told about iraq's infamous stop piles of weapons of mass destruction again from c.n.n. white house iraq bass destruction weapons once again quoting the white house way to dig deep guys and from fox d.-i a intelligence report...